Planning For Safe Schools: Impacts Of School Siting And Surrounding Environments On Traffic Safety

Keywords

built environment; pedestrian crash; school siting; school travel safety; traffic safety

Abstract

This study explores the impacts of school siting and surrounding built environments on rates of motorist and pedestrian crashes around public schools in the Austin Independent School District, Texas, by using log-linear regressions. The results show that a higher sidewalk coverage and a higher percentage of local roads reduce pedestrian crashes around schools, while higher percentages of highways and commercial uses and higher transit stop densities increase motorist and pedestrian crashes. It is desirable to locate schools in areas with higher percentages of local roads and lower percentages of highways and commercial uses.

Publication Date

12-1-2016

Publication Title

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volume

36

Issue

4

Number of Pages

476-486

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X15616460

Socpus ID

84994810756 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84994810756

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